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Goniobranchus tumuliferus

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Species of gastropod

Goniobranchus tumuliferus
The nudibranch Goniobranchus tumuliferus, Mirs Bay, Hong Kong.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
Species: G. tumuliferus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus tumuliferus
(Collingwood, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Chromodoris shirarae (Baba, 1953)
  • Chromodoris tumulifera Collingwood, 1881 (basionym)
  • Glossodoris shirarae Baba, 1953
  • Glossodoris tumulifera (Collinwood, 1881)

Goniobranchus tumuliferus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from Slut Island, Haitan Straits, China. Additional specimens were found by Collingwood at Labuan, Borneo. It has been reported from Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Fiji and New Caledonia.

Description

Chromodoris tumuliferus is a chromodorid nudibranch with a translucent white mantle and large, carmine-red spots. There is a submarginal line at edge of the mantle which is yellow, either continuous or broken into yellow blotches, with a translucent or white extreme edge. In this outer margin there may be more red blotches or an almost continuous red margin. The wide distribution and variable colour pattern suggest a possible species complex. This species was transferred from Chromodoris to Goniobranchus on molecular (DNA) evidence. It is very similar in appearance to Goniobranchus kitae but that species has small white spots on the gills and rhinophores.

References

  1. ^ Collingwood, C. (1881). On some new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca from the eastern seas. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, series 2, 2(2):123-140, pls. 9-10. page 130.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus tumuliferus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-07
  3. Rudman W.B. & Darvell B.W. (1990) Opisthobranch molluscs of Hong Kong: Part 1. Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia). Asian Marine Biology 7: 31-79. page(s): 56
  4. ^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (May 21) Chromodoris tumulifera Collingwood, 1881. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 159
  6. Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 227
  7. Rudman W.B. (1983) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris splendida, C. aspersa and Hypselodoris placida colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 78: 105-173. page(s): 117
  8. Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
  9. Gosliner, T. , 2002 (Feb 15) Chromodoris kitae from Madagascar. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Taxon identifiers
Goniobranchus tumuliferus
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